Question

​damage to the frontal lobes, such as that suffered by phineas gage, reliably produces ____.

a. ​poor anger management
b. ​obsessive compulsive disorder
c. ​impulsivity and poor judgment
d. ​insensitivity to the potential for loss

Answer 1

The answer to this question would be: a. impulsivity and poor judgment

Phineas Gage is a road constructor that got an accident in which a metal rod penetrate his skull, damaging much of his frontal lobe part of the brain. This damage causes a big change in Gage personality and behavior. Gage become move impulsive and has a poor judgment that his friend saying he is no longer Gage.